I wish I had helpful words. I caution you that anything I can say is purely speculative.

It is possible that the liver cancer could have been there for a long time and was discovered only when checking out the colon obstruction. No idea if that's the case, but stuff like that happens a lot. BTW - the biopsy would be able to tell the oncologist what type of cancer and how quickly it grows.

In my case I had three years of colon issues with diagnoses such as diverticulitis, colitis and irritable bowel syndrome - had a change of clinics/doctors after getting nowhere - my colon cancer was discovered by a routine Cologuard test followed by a colonoscopy. Worse, I had asked for a colonoscopy a year into that 3 yr ordeal and it was rejected! By that time it grew to Stage 3C requiring removing the entire colon and 108 surrounding lymph nodes with the surgery followed by chemo.

I can't guess about the wait to start chemo - that's something Stacy would have to ask about.

That said, it's OK to question/get angry about what happened. Keep in mind that with HIPAA regulations, Stacy would have to explicitly give permission to share his medical information with you. In the absence of that, your information is limited to what Stacy tells you.

Regardless, it's much more important to focus on what's ahead.

I wish I had better words of encouragement.

I will be praying for you all and watching this discussion.